circumspection

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French circumspection, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin circumspectio; surface analysis circum- +‎ spect +‎ -ion, "looking [all] around" (as compared with the opposite concept, embodied as tunnel vision or blinders)

Noun

circumspection (countable and uncountable, plural circumspections)

1. Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.
2. Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness.

Translations

attention to all the facts and circumstances

• Bulgarian: предпазливост (bg) (predpazlivost)
• Czech: obezřetnost f
• French: circonspection (fr) f
• Hungarian: körültekintés (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: circospezione (it) f
• Serbo-Croatian: обазривост f
• Swedish: försiktighet (sv) c, förtänksamhet (sv) c, varsamhet (sv) c

References

• “circumspection”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “circumspection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.